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...tou Aléxi Zormpá (1946;
Zorba the Greek), a portrayal of a passionate lover of life and poor-man’s philosopher;
O Kapetán Mikhális (1950;
Freedom or Death), a depiction of Cretan Greeks’ struggle against their Ottoman overlords in the 19th century;
O Khristós Xanastavrónetai (1954;
The Greek...